Virginia Organizing to Hold Immigration Protest at Rep. Rigell’s Office
What: Demonstration in support of comprehensive immigration reform When: Wednesday, April 1 at noon Where: U.S. Representative Scott Rigell’s Virginia Beach Office (4772 Euclid Ro ...
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Racial disparities exists in probation violation penalties, reports show
Published by Daily Press More whites than blacks who are charged with probation violations get a break when they go before circuit court judges, case status records from 2014 sugg ...
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#ACAWorks: Adam and Ro’s Story
Ro is a single mom that falls in the Medicaid coverage gap because Virginia legislators refuse to expand Medicaid. ...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Working to End Payday Loan Debt Traps
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is holding a field hearing in Richmond today and will announce that it is publishing an outline of proposals under consideration th ...
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#ACAWorks: Sheila’s Story
Sheila of Norfolk shares why she supports the ACA (hint: because it's working)! ...
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Virginia Organizing to Ask Staunton City Council to ‘Ban the Box’
What: Virginia Organizing presentation to Staunton City Council When: Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Where: Staunton City Hall (116 West Beverly Street, Staunton, VA 24401) Staunton ...
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Water Conservation Tips
March 22nd was World Water Day, an increasingly popular day to celebrate and give us pause to consider our water use and conservation efforts. Water is a precious and limited reso ...
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Virginia Organizing Celebrates 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act Across the Commonwealth
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chapters in Virginia Beach, Richmond, Waynesboro, and Danville celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( ...
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Resistance Among Landowners to Pipeline Routes Spreads
Originally posted by the Public News Service on March 24, 2015. RICHMOND, Va. - Huge pipelines intended to carry Marcellus and Utica natural gas to eastern markets are running int ...
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Five-Year Plans: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act and Looking Forward
By Dottie Holtz The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has accomplished what 100 years of health care reform could not—for the first time, we have the lowest number ...
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